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Chapter 286 The Imperial Banknotes in the Palace (Part 2)

Wang Fu finally accepted the money, but after sending it away from Chang Gao's class, he immediately asked someone to prepare a carriage. He had to immediately exchange the money for real copper coins, otherwise he would feel uneasy.

At this time, the snow was getting heavier, and the road was covered with snow that was barely covered. However, Wang Fu still urged the coachman to speed up. He was worried that he would not be able to repay the money if he went too late. After all, he had a lot of contact with Jiaozi. He often heard that a Jiaozi shop suddenly closed. All the Jiaozi sent out before turned into waste paper. He had provided meat to the palace for a year. This was not a small amount. If he couldn't take it back, he might have to hurt his muscles.

Tokyo Qianxing is on Xijiaolou Street. Although Wang Fu had never heard of this Qianxing before, he quickly found out the specific location. However, when he came here, he found that the gate of Qianxing was also full of carriages. Finally, the coachman found a parking place. He jumped out of the carriage and entered Qianxing immediately, but found that it was also crowded with people, and there were a few acquaintances among them, which seemed to be coming to exchange money.

"Brother Wang, you are here too!" As soon as Wang Fu came in, he saw a short and fat middle-aged man coming over to say hello.

Wang Fu knew the other party, and this man was Qian Feng. As his name was, he was indeed a very rich man. He was a famous silk merchant in the capital. Almost half of the silk used in the palace was supplied by him. Wang Fu had dealt with him before, and both of them liked to taste tea, so he also had some friendship.

"Brother Qian, are you here to exchange money? What's the situation?" Wang Fu also bowed to the other party and asked.

"Yes, this year, the palace suddenly changed the rules. When checking out, I was not sure about it, so I came over and exchanged the money. However, this money shop seemed to be pretty good. As long as you take out the money, you can exchange it. Many people had already taken the money away." When Qian Feng said this, someone happened to carry the box and passed by them. It seemed that someone had exchanged the money again.

"It's good to be able to exchange it. I'm still worried about taking these papers." Wang Fu heard Qian Feng's words and saw with his own eyes that he could exchange money. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"By the way, this money shop still needs to queue up, and that's the one next to you. Brother Wang, go and get a number. When someone calls your number later, you can enter and collect the money." Qian Feng suddenly thought of something at this time, and then slapped his forehead and pointed to a counter next to the door and said.

Wang Fu thanked the other party when he heard this. He walked to the counter to get the account, then found a place with Qian Feng to sit down, chatting without saying a word, and during this period, several acquaintances came to say hello. After all, they were all in the business world in Tokyo. Even if the industry was different, they could still be familiar with each other.

Because there are many people, Wang Fu kept waiting until almost noon. Qian Feng came earlier than him, so he exchanged the money one hour earlier and then left. This also made Wang Fu even more relieved. The stove was in the hall of the money shop, which was warm and there was free tea, so it was not too boring when waiting.

When Qianxing's servant called Wang Fu's account, he immediately got up and entered. Only then did he find that there were separate small rooms inside, named after the twelve earthly branches such as Tiandi Xuanhuang. He wrote the word "Di" on the account, so he opened the door and went in. As a result, there was a large counter inside. Behind the counter was a very young guy. He smiled at him kindly when he saw him coming in.

Wang Fu took out the money that was warmed up in his arms and handed it to the counter. The young guy behind the counter checked it one by one. After calculating the number, he started to order the money very quickly. Because the number was large, it took more than half an hour to redeem it. The heavy copper coins filled two cash boxes, and then the other two friends carried it outside. Wang Fu also called his friend and finally carried the cash box into the car.

At the same time, Huozi behind Qian Store watched boxes of copper coins being carried out, and he couldn't help but show a heartache expression and complained to Li Zhang: "Brother, according to today's exchange method, I'm afraid our money will not last for a few days?"

"It's okay, the money in the palace will be deposited tomorrow, so the money you exchanged today is actually the money in the palace, which will not have much impact on us. And we must exchange it in full today. As long as we can survive today, our fame will be sold out. Someone will definitely be willing to save money in a few days." Li Zhang said with a smile at this time.

Before, Li Zhang tried every means to try his best to be the scene today. Although he came here to exchange money today, the situation has been opened. If these people can exchange money back, they may deposit money in the future. After all, the reputation of the money shop has been established.

"I hope so!" Huozi said with some pain at this time. After all, seeing the money in the money warehouse transported out one box after another, he felt that his heart was bleeding. But he couldn't blame him. After all, the money market opened for so many days and had not redeemed much money in total. As a result, today he had a heavy bleeding, and the money he exchanged in one day was several times more than the previous two months.

Until the evening, fewer people were refusing money in the money shop. After all, the weather was not good and it was almost a curfew, so even if there was no one who did not repay the money, it was too late to wait for the next day. Li Zhang also asked someone to clear the accounts and then checked them personally.

As a result, more than 70,000 guan was redeemed today. This is because the people who came to exchange today had a large amount, so the exchange rate was very slow. They didn’t receive many guests in the day, and many of the remaining people could not exchange it. Otherwise, the money in their money warehouse would not be enough today. After all, these are all imperial merchants who supply the palace, and their annual accounts are not small, and the little copper coins in the money shop are not enough for them to exchange.

However, Li Zhang didn't have to worry, because the copper coins in the palace would be sent tomorrow. The money was originally to be paid to the imperial merchants. However, because of Li Zhang and Zhao Zhen's request, Empress Zhang agreed to deposit it into the money shop, which was considered to be a deal by the money shop. This did not have any major impact on the palace. Instead, it also made it much more convenient for the buyers, and it was of great significance to the money shop.

When Li Zhang checked the accounts, he was very surprised to find that many of the customers did not completely exchange the money when they exchanged, but left a small part. He probably thought that money was convenient to use, and money shop could be exchanged at any time, so he left a part of it for his own use. This is great news for money shop. When these people get used to money shop, money shop will also have a group of loyal customers.

In the next few days, Qianzhang received many guests who came to exchange money every day, and the money in the palace was also delivered to Qianzhang on time. With this money, Li Zhang even relaxed the exchange. In this way, he gained the trust of many customers. Many people exchanged big heads and left a small part of the money for themselves. After all, they are all merchants, and many people have some commercial transactions with each other. It was too troublesome to settle with copper coins before, but now it is much more convenient to use money for money.

In fact, this time it happened to be a coincidence. The palace happened to pay the bills for the imperial merchants once a year, so the amount of copper coins exchanged was extremely large. However, this completely made the reputation of the money market. The merchants who can offer goods to the palace are generally leaders in various industries. Their ability to accept money means that the industry they are in may also accept money in the future.

In fact, this is true. Just after this exchange, many people knew that there was a Tokyo money shop on Xijiaolou Street, and the money shop was also related to the palace. The daily expenses in the palace were all money shops.

You should know that the business in the palace is not something you can do just by wanting to do. Many people want to sell their goods to the palace if they ask grandpa and grandma, so the people in the palace are all old men to them. You have to collect even a piece of paper given by the old man. What's more, this piece of paper can be exchanged into real money, which makes them slowly accept money. The most significant change is that recently, more and more people have taken copper coins into money shops to exchange them into money.

Seeing this situation, Li Zhang was so excited that he even took time to go on the market. He found that most shops had already begun to accept payment of money. Compared with the previous situation of less than one in ten, it was a huge improvement. In fact, both Jiaozi and Qianchao are in the beginning of their efforts. Now they are grabbing market share, and now Qianchao has taken the lead and is ahead of other banknotes.

With this advantage, Li Zhang also began to plan to expand his advantages, such as letting Qianban launch more services. For example, other Jiaozi Shops need to pay a saving fee to save money, but Qianban is now free because Qianban is also preparing to lend. After all, this is the biggest profit point of Qianban. Even if the income stabilizes in the future, you can also pay interest to the customers who save money, just like a bank in later generations.

Of course, it is too early to pay interest now. After all, you have to eat one bite at a time. As long as money can seize the entire market in the capital, other paper money will be squeezed out. That's right, what Li Zhang has to do is monopoly, because only by monopolizing the market can greater reforms be carried out and it will be convenient for expansion in the future. Perhaps now, there will be no situation in the future where bank branches are available across the country, but at least in some major cities in the Song Dynasty, the figure of money will be seen.

As the Chinese New Year was about to be held, Qianxing was getting busier and busier, but Kuozi and Douzi were getting more and more experienced. Li Zhang no longer needed to go to Qianxing every day. It happened that there were a lot of things in the firearms prison during the Chinese New Year, so Li Zhang also began to focus on the firearms prison.
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